In Australia, the local time is now 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, meaning the iPhone has officially gone on sale at the country's local Apple Stores. The country is the first to officially launch the handset ahead of an 11-country worldwide rollout.

Ben Pasternak was one of the first to receive both the iPhone 5c and 5s, which are pictured above. Lines were expectedly long at launch, though the purchasing process was said to have gone smoothly.

Apple's iPhones will be rolling out around the world on Friday, with 11 countries taking part in the launch, up from 9 in 2012's iPhone 5 debut. Following Australia, customers in Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, the UK and US will be able to place orders through the Online Apple Store, or brave lines at brick-and-mortar locations.

While iPhone 5c preorders have been live for one week, supply of the iPhone 5s is thought to be severely constrained. When sales of the 5s kicked off online in Australia, it was already showing a 7 to 10 day lead time compared to 1 to 3 days for the 5c. This is not to say the situation will be identical in other countries, though the pushed back delivery dates offer some vision into Apple's channel inventory.

Was at Castle Towers in Sydney. I heard someone 10th in line be told the days allocation of Gold in all capacities was exhausted. It's possible they had none at all and were not saying. Then again, if you were first in line and they had no Gold you would be angry. Maybe they had two of each.

Sticking with iOS 6 on iPhone 5 until those animations are speeded up. They look fancy, but I want to use my phone as a tool, you know?

Interestingly, the slower animations are more bearable on iPad. I guess that has to do with the screen size and the more leisure based use of that device. The methodology of the animations does feel wonderful on iPad though. As in, like an amazing 'experience'.

The scrolling animations of the bubbles in iMessage on both iPhone and iPad totally bug the crap out of me. If anything as time goes on it annoys me more and more, and on iPhone especially the way the bubbles are lighter in colour as they move up the screen is, I find, more of a distraction than a help. It's sort of similar to the way Gruber found the use of bold font for the safe-choice contextual option to make all the options including that one less clear.Edited by Ireland - 9/19/13 at 8:25pm

Sticking with iOS 6 on iPhone 5 until those animations are speeded up. They look fancy, but I want to use my phone as a tool, you know?

Interestingly, the slower animations are more bearable on iPad. I guess that has to do with the screen size and the more leisure based use of that device. The methodology of the animations does feel wonderful on iPad though. As in, like an amazing 'experience'.

The scrolling animations of the bubbles in iMessage on both iPhone and iPad totally bug the crap out of me. If anything as time goes on it annoys me more and more, and on iPhone especially the way the bubbles are lighter in colour as they move up the screen is, I find, more of a distraction than a help. It's sort of similar to the way Gruber found the use of bold font for the safe-choice contextual option to make all the options including that one less clear.

What animation u talking about? The one were the lock screen translates to the home screen, with icons rushing in from corners?

Sticking with iOS 6 on iPhone 5 until those animations are speeded up. They look fancy, but I want to use my phone as a tool, you know?

Interestingly, the slower animations are more bearable on iPad. I guess that has to do with the screen size and the more leisure based use of that device. The methodology of the animations does feel wonderful on iPad though. As in, like an amazing 'experience'.

The scrolling animations of the bubbles in iMessage on both iPhone and iPad totally bug the crap out of me. If anything as time goes on it annoys me more and more, and on iPhone especially the way the bubbles are lighter in colour as they move up the screen is, I find, more of a distraction than a help. It's sort of similar to the way Gruber found the use of bold font for the safe-choice contextual option to make all the options including that one less clear.

What animation u talking about? The one were the lock screen translates to the home screen, with icons rushing in from corners?
It appears very smooth on my iPhone 5.

I find I'm having a great experience with iOS 7 on my iPhone 5. My current generation iPad seems zippier with iOS 7.

Is there an option to set somewhere for a wider screen choice on the iPhone or Ipad? I can't find such a thing. Also I have a choice on my iPad for male or female Siri voice, but not for the better female voice. Just male or female..?? WTF, I wanted a more natural voice.

"That (the) world is moving so quickly that iOS is already amongst the older mobile operating systems in active development today." — The Verge

Hm, does anybody who has been to a store have a rough idea about 5c demand there? (Just curios, nothing scientific.)

A lot of family, friends and colleagues have ordered today, and among them (including kids) the demand for the 5c is exactly zero. And this includes a wild mix of people (from engineers and doctors to teachers and social workers to mailmen and factory workers, aged 17 through 84).

Samesung should have a field day mocking all those happy people! Did I say happy people, as in happy with their new iPhone 5S/C, purchased after waiting in line? Funny the things that desperate Sammy chooses to mock.

I went to the mall in Frisco, Texas. When I get in the building in line, I saw two Frisco Police officers and one of 'em have K-9 German Shepherd. So that could be the reason that pic above show this dog.

Please excuse my lame English grammar. American Sign Language is my first language and English's the second.Tallest Skill, you can edit my English grammar for me. My English grammar sucks! lol